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One tends to fire small person smoking marijuana, say (6)

Ross

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stoker

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(Other definitions for stoker that I've seen before include "Someone who fuels a furnace" , "Bram --, Irish novelist" , "Irish author of Dracula, d. 1912" , "Fireman - Bram" , "Boilerman" .)

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